Exit C of Esplanade MRT station

The station serves the Esplanade performing arts centre, alongside various developments such as War Memorial Park, Suntec City Mall and the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. Esplanade station is linked to the nearby City Hall station via CityLink Mall, an underground retail development. The station was initially announced as Convention Centre station in 1999 as part of the Marina MRT line, which was later incorporated into Stage 1 of the CCL. The station was renamed Esplanade in 2005 through a public poll. The station opened on 17 April 2010, with provisions to interchange with a future MRT line. Esplanade station features the Art-in-Transit artwork A Piece of Ice-Clear Heart by Lim Mu Hue, a collage of woodblock prints featuring scenes of shadow puppetry and other traditional performances. (Full article...)

Make-Do and Mend poster

• ... that during the Second World War, the British government's campaign Make-Do and Mend (poster pictured) encouraged the public to fashion men's clothes into womenswear?
• ... that before Emine Arslan became a world kickboxing champion she smoked two packets of cigarettes a day?
• ... that the music video for the song "Justify My Love" was banned from appearing on MTV, MuchMusic, and Musique Plus for its sexual imagery?
• ... that when coach C. O. Brocato led his high school football team to a winning record in 1960, it was the first time they had done so since 1948 – when he had captained them as a player?
• ... that La La Land's composer initially wanted "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" to be the film's "award song" instead of "City of Stars"?
• ... that Hans-Jochen Jaschke, who was responsible for ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue as an auxiliary bishop of Hamburg, represented the Catholic Church to the media?
• ... that the decision to report the name of an internet forum dedicated to suicide was described by journalist Megan Twohey as one of the "biggest ethical issues that we had ever dealt with"?
• ... that an artwork in Singapore's Outram Park MRT station represents the state of mind of commuters through 69 engravings of surreal human forms?

Wildfire damage to Lahaina

• Wildfires in Hawaii kill more than 100 people and destroy much of Lahaina (damage pictured) on the island of Maui.
• Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general election.
• The Netball World Cup concludes, with Australia defeating England in the final.
• The Hazara Express train derails in Sindh, Pakistan, killing 30 people.

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Skookum Jim Mason

• 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: English and Imperial forces defeated French cavalry, forcing them to retreat.
• 1896 – A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• 1906 – An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 M_w struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• 1946 – Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.
• 2009 – At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.